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Vote on live animal exports

MEPs are due to vote on ideas to improve the welfare of animals being transported in live exports. The Green MEP Keith Taylor has been monitoring the situation at the Port of Ramsgate, where there is a dispute over the resumption of the trade.

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Members of the European Parliament are to vote on issues surrounding the live export of animals this afternoon.

Among the issues are ideas for improving the welfare of animals when they are being transported long-distance for slaughter, including: an eight-hour limit on journey times; more on-the-spot inspections; and tougher punishment for those who break the current EU rules.

One of the South East's MEPs - Keith Taylor, from the Green Party has been monitoring the situation at the Port of Ramsgate in Kent, which resumed live animal exports earlier this year.